When the British took the Panjab in the 1840s their first act was to establish landholding registers in every village, through a system of village records and district reports. Rule by Records examines the formation of this dual system in a particular locality and reconstructs the nature of agrarian relations for the period immediately before British rule, demonstrating the way in which registration transformed what it was intended to preserve. The result challenges established concepts and procedures in both history and sociology.
- ISBN13 9780195636734
- Publish Date 31 October 1996
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 14 June 2010
- Publish Country IN
- Imprint OUP India
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 466
- Language English